HEMIPTERA. 477 



Brownish testaceous, punctured with brown. Head covered 

 with very minute brown punctures. Thorax thickly punctured 

 with brown ; lateral angles spinous, slightly recurved. Scutellum 

 thickly and finely punctured. Abdomen above reddish orange, 

 with the margins concolorous. Body beneath testaceous or 

 yellowish white. Abdomen smooth and shining, impunctate. 

 Breast with the antepectus and the posterior margins of the other 

 two segments punctured with brown ; postpectus with a minute 

 whitish tubercle close to the insertion of the posterior legs. An- 

 terior and intermediate legs testaceous, covered with minute 

 brown points ; posterior thighs brownish testaceous, sometimes 

 blackish externally, with a row of black teeth beneath ; tibiae in- 

 curved, fulvous, with the apex sometimes blackish. Rostrum 

 whitish, with the tip black. Antennae brown, with the basal 

 joint sometimes brownish testaceous ; fourth joint with a yellow 

 ring close to the base. 



a. Brazil. 



b. Brazil. From Mr. Children's Collection. 



22. ALYDUS affinis. 



Alydus affinis, Hope, Cat. 19 (1842). 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's Collection. 



b. Columbia. From M. Goudot's Collection. 



23. ALYDUS sinuatus. 



Lygaeus sinuatus, Fab. E. S. iv. 143. 29 (1794). 

 Alydus sinuatus, Fab. S. R. 249. 4 (1803). 

 a. Brazil. 



24. ALYDUS diversipes. 



Alydus diversipes, Hope, Cat. 19 (1842). 



Alydus sinuatus, H. Sch. Wanz. viii. 98. t. 282. fig. 865 [nee Fab.] 

 (1846). 

 a. Mexico. 



25. ALYDUS rufipes. 



Alydus rufipes, Hope, Cat. 19 (1842). 



a. Jamaica. From Mr. Gosse's Collection. 



f Posterior tibia straight. (ALYDUS, A. fy S.) 



26. ALYDUS cruentus. 



Alydus cruentus, H. Sch. Wanz. viii. 100. t. 282. fig. 868 (1846). 



a. N. America. Presented by Edward Doubleday, Esq. 



b. N. America. Presented by the Entomological Club. 



